Lebanese MoFA warns of Israeli desire to drag region into war
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In response to the Israeli occupation's assaults on multiple Lebanese regions including the South, Baalbek, and the western Bekaa, the Lebanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs submits a formal complaint to the UN Security Council.
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Civil defense workers and firefighters gather near a destroyed warehouse, which was attacked by Israeli airstrikes on the town of Safri, near Baalbek, east Lebanon, Tuesday, March 12, 2024. (AP)
In a statement on Wednesday, the Lebanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that Minister Abdullah Bou Habib instructed departments in the Ministry to submit a complaint to the UN Security Council, through the Permanent Mission of Lebanon to the United Nations in New York, following a series of Israeli attacks considered the most violent on the 11th and 12th.
The statement added that these developments call for more concern as this escalation comes in areas far from the southern Lebanese border, suggesting that "Israel" intends to expand the war and potentially entangle the entire region in a war. "Such aggressive actions could serve as the spark for a regional war... The Israeli government sees this as an opportunity to break free from its internal deadlock."
The Ministry emphasized in the statement the need for the international community to exert pressure on "Israel" to cease its ongoing attacks. It also urged members of the UNSC to condemn the Israeli assault on Lebanon and to work towards implementing Security Council Resolution No. 1701 to establish lasting stability and security along Lebanon's southern borders.
This statement follows an earlier report by the Lebanese NNA that a Palestinian was killed in a vehicle targeted by an Israeli drone in Tyre, South Lebanon.
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Earlier on Tuesday, Israeli warplanes launched two airstrikes on the outskirts of the towns of Sar'in and al-Nabi Sheet in the Bekaa region, eastern Lebanon. In further detail, the Israeli airstrike on al-Nabi Sheet targeted a building near the shrine of martyr Sayyed Abbas al-Mousawi, former Hezbollah Secretary-General, in the center of the town.
Concurrently, Al Mayadeen's correspondent reported that 11 civilians were injured in the Israeli airstrike targeting a building in the vicinity of Sar'in, in the Bekaa region, eastern Lebanon.
The Israeli occupation also targeted the outskirts of several Lebanese border towns, namely Houla, al-Khiam, Ayta al-Shaab, and Bint Jbeil. Furthermore, the Israeli warplanes targeted Wadi Burghuz in the Hasbaya district in the south on Tuesday afternoon.
